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Damo LB @damo1954.bsky.social · 11h

theconversation.com/the-climate-... #climatecatastrophe #capitalism #goodluck

The climate crisis is fuelling extreme fires across the planet

It’s clear – climate change is supercharging the world’s wildfires in unpredictable and devastating ways.

theconversation.com

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Revoltinghippie @revoltinghippie.bsky.social · 12h

Starbucks and McDonald's in Barcelona

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 15h

It is fantastic watching @zackpolanski.bsky.social getting Green Party policy into the news with taxing and regulating landlords and building council houses, decrimialising and regulating drugs and supporting addicts properly and saying that Wales and Scotland have the right to self determination.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 14h

Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) pump out 5 times more planet-heating pollution than official figures show.

Running costs understated.

PHEVs emit just 19% less CO2 than petrol/diesel cars

Underestimate of emissions lets carmakers avoid fines.

Why do govts not corroborate industry claims?

Plug-in hybrids pollute almost as much as petrol cars, report finds

Analysis of 800,000 European cars found real-world pollution from plug-in hybrids nearly five times greater than lab tests

www.theguardian.com

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 21h

How about no.

AFR headline: RBA says Australians will have to accept lower wages growth

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 17h

While Trump plays trade war like he’s holding all the cards, our executives are coming back from China terrified.

They’re walking through “dark factories” where robots run the show so efficiently the lights don’t even need to be on.

One exec saw a plant pumping out phones with zero human workers.

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Wild Australian Sanctuaries @wildas.bsky.social · 15h

www.theguardian.com/environment/... #Tawnyfrogmouth #birdoftheyear

Australia’s favourite bird named - as it happened

This blog is now closed

www.theguardian.com

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Larissa Waters @larissawaters.bsky.social · 16h

And build public housing like we used to!

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Larissa Waters @larissawaters.bsky.social · 16h

Labor gives taxpayer money to investors who hijack the housing market, buying their 5th or 15th property, while ordinary people struggle to buy a home.

Stop giving wealthy property investors massive cheques to outbid first homebuyers at auctions every weekend.

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Damo LB @damo1954.bsky.social · 20h

www.abc.net.au/news/science... #climatecatastrophe is making the #rainforest trees die quicker before they are replaced by new ones #goodluck

Australia's tropical trees emit more carbon than they absorb: study

Climate change is killing trees faster than they can be replaced leading to greater carbon emissions, according to a new study.

www.abc.net.au

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Anthony Morgan @admorgan.bsky.social · 1d

It is, so far, the pinnacle of illegal, heartless real estate development deals.
The behaviour of *everyone* involved is barbaric.

الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 1d

It's becoming very clear that Gaza is nothing but a testing ground for the global defense industry. Why else would they send the bombs to flatten the place and then pay for it to be rebuild

dpa news agency @dpa-intl.com · 1d

Germany will provide at least €200 million in short-term emergency aid for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, Development Minister Reem Alabali Radovan says nordot.app/135125242640...

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Damo LB @damo1954.bsky.social · 21h

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10... Keating and Evans loved Suharto

'It still hurts': Families seek justice 50 years since the Balibo Five murders

On the 50th anniversary of the Balibo Five murders, families are still grieving the loss of their loved ones and remain committed to holding those responsible accountable for their actions.

www.abc.net.au

Damo LB @damo1954.bsky.social · 21h

You don't say.Well,well,well.Who would've thought.No wonder the planets dying from a death of a 1000 cuts.

Damo LB @damo1954.bsky.social · 23h

Are there any Socialist Scientists?

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 1d

Another story about environmental law reforms where the focus is on streamlining project assessment, saving business costs, & economic development with NO MENTION AT ALL about (improvements for) environmental protection & conservation #EPBC

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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 1d

“Levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere soared by a record amount in 2024 to hit another high, UN data shows, deepening the climate crisis that is already taking lives and livelihoods across the world.”

We are not turning this ship around fast enough.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating

CO2 in air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening

www.theguardian.com

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mari @amari.bsky.social · 1d

Adding this link with an article on how Israel tortured Greta Thunberg, which was linked to in my first post, but it’s not obvious to click it bc my post is also RTd.

www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

cc @wcelaw.bsky.social @greenpeace.eu @wwfcanada.org @katharinehayhoe.com @ndp.ca

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

www.aftonbladet.se

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mari @amari.bsky.social · 1d

those who have funded their rise (like the fossil fuel funded Atlas network) also seek to install these forms of violent authoritarianism on the rest of us, forcing their dirty energy monopolies and gangster surveillance capitalism on us.

Pls take a minute to write to your political reps to act.

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Lyn Heideman @heidelyn.bsky.social · 1d

On an island in the Arctic Ocean, in a region warming ~7 times as fast as the rest of the planet, the food chain is being turned upside down. In once-frozen waters, kelp forests dominate other native species. Reindeer now graze on seaweed when they cannot reach inland grasses and lichen.

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Lee Klinger PhD @suddenoaklife.bsky.social · 1d

Many of you have requested this, so here it is. For the love of trees please share! 🌲❤️🌎🍁🔥🌳🧪🌐🪶🌱🦅

Upcoming Workshop: Tending Oaks with Fire Mimicry

Hey fellow tree-huggers, especially those in SoCal, how would you like to learn about the health and care of our old-growth oak forests and what we can do to mitigate wildfires using the knowledge …

suddenoaklife.org

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Lyn Heideman @heidelyn.bsky.social · 1d

Polar bears, deprived of ice platforms to hunt seals, raid bird nests, hunt reindeer, clash with humans. In response to warming, will some ecosystems survive or will they give way to new ones? Scientists watch this ecological upheaval unfold in real time: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/c... (gift). 🌎

Curious Reindeer and Hungry Polar Bears: Warming Is Upending an Arctic Island

www.nytimes.com

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Alice K @coalisdead.bsky.social · 1d

9000 Palestinians remain incarcerated in Israeli prisons

… Way past time the west pretends they don’t exist. Israel’s impunity for crimes against humanity needs to be punished #auspol

#FuckIsrael

www.middleeasteye.net/news/over-90...

Over 9,000 Palestinians remain in Israeli jails after Gaza prisoner swap

Many are held without charge, routinely facing torture and harsh conditions

www.middleeasteye.net

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1d

UK banks oppose tax rise.

Falsely claim to be paying 46.4% tax rate.

The PwC generated number includes PAYE, employee national insurance which is paid by workers. VAT which is borne by customers.

it is extrapolated from a sample, can't be verified

Why do media reports not expose this sham claim?

Banks step up lobbying over threat of Reeves tax hikes

The gap between the tax burden on British banks and their international rivals is widening, even before the imposition of any further levies in next month's budget, according to a report seen by Sky N...

news.sky.com

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Tone @tonemaroon.bsky.social · 1d

The ear has healed well

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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 1d

NSW Labor is rushing to overhaul planning laws, which environmentalists and others say are a gift to developers and would make it easier to approve fossil fuel projects. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1404/ne...

NSW Labor’s ‘planning’ changes a gift to developers, threaten environment

Opponents of NSW Labor’s planning law changes say they are a gift to developers and make it easier to approve fossil fuel projects. Jim McIlroy reports.

www.greenleft.org.au

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